![]() DraftSight is available for all users, including CAD professionals, students and educators. Based on an advanced architecture, DraftSight is easy to use, generally takes only a few minutes to download and runs on multiple operating systems including Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 (Mac OS and Linux support will be available later this year). ![]() Currently in public beta and available for download at 3ds.com, DraftSight provides users with a better way to read, write and share DWG files. In conjunction with the debut of the DraftSight community, Dassault Systèmes is also launching the DraftSight solution, a free, professional-grade 2D CAD product delivered using an open business model. Building on Dassault Systèmes’ vision of enabling social innovation, the launch of this community comes as a direct result of customer demand and marks the next step in bringing DWG file management and storage into an easy-to-use, online, service-oriented environment. Archive drawings are a crapshoot but most can be made to work with a little editing.DASSAULT SYSTÈMES SWYM CONFERENCE – Vélizy-Villacoublay, France, J– Dassault Systèmes (DS) (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced the availability of an open, online community accessible through, aimed at providing all computer-aided design (CAD) users access to new services and products to unlock valuable data stored in billions of DWG files. ![]() I've already started to discipline myself to use only Librecad for new drawings and that's going well. dwg (again not 100%), hence my Progecad-on-windows backup. dwg files (odaf file converter) won't open when converted to dxf, but Librecad can open. It's really a remarkable piece of open-source work if you give it a chance. When it's all said and done, Librecad will be my go-to 2d cad application. Lots of features are missing, and some of the frequently used DS/Autocad commands must be accomplished in 2 or 3 stebs using multiple commands. For the most part, Librecad is very capable, but you've got to think more like the old days on the board (manual drafting). This is my backup for when Librecad is too cumbersome or fails for certain operations. I have one older (2nd gen i5) thinkpad with windows on it, Progecad installed and 100% working. ![]() On Mint 19, a new enough version is available in the software manager, and I installed it. I've never cared much for Qcad, but I finally installed Librecad (actually on 18.3 I'm using an appimage, although an older version can be installed with synaptic but doesn't show up in software manager). Works in Mint 18.3 under wine 1.6.2, but not 100%. Since the DS announcement last week, I was able to install an old friend from my Windows days: Progecad 2009. All this said I continued to use it because after 30+ years of autocad experience, it has been the best free alternative without a learning curve, and capable of opening and editing my sizable archive of. Dassault-Systemes has also been a pain, and their forum for DS is very poor. DS is a pretty comprehensive and feature rich 2d program, although a couple of versions have been broken. Been using Draftsight since the first version was released and it has been an up-and-down experience. I've been looking at alternatives myself.
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